MINT FAMILY. LABIATÆ. *Gill-over-the-Ground.* _Nepeta Glechoma._ *Ground Ivy.* *Robin-run-away.* *Creeping Charlie.* Found in dooryards and roadsides, amidst grass, in May. The trailing stalk is leafy, square, and somewhat hairy; pale green in color. The leaf is nearly round, with a heart-shaped base, the margin cut in large rounded scallops, and the surface soft hairy to the touch; the color is green, often sprinkled with lighter, mouldy-looking patches. The leaves, on curved stems, grow in pairs. The flower is 2-lipped; the upper lip slightly parted, the lower being more broad and spreading, and 3-cleft,--the middle lobe notched. The color varies from light to darker blue-violet, the lower lip and throat being spotted with small specks of reddish-violet. The tubular calyx is 5-parted, and green. The flowers, on short stems, spring from the angles of the leaves. Introduced from England into our gardens, the one desire of this “natural born” rover seems to be that of escaping from bounds,--to run away riot on the green sward, under the hedge, and so out on the highway. [Illustration: GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND: Nepeta Glechoma.] *Catnip.* _Nepeta Cataria._ Found from July to September, on the roadsides, and about dwellings. The large square stalk is branching, and rather leafy; it grows between 2 or 3 feet high, and is strong-fibred, downy, and grooved down the middle of each side; its color is light gray-green. The broad oval leaf is heart-shaped at the base, the edge is cut into large rounded scallops, and the surface is downy. In color it is a grayish-green. The leaves, on very short stems, grow in pairs. The small flower is 2-lipped; the upper lip is erect, and notched in the middle of the margin, the larger lower lip is 3-lobed, the middle lobe being much the largest. Its color is a lavender tinted white, spotted with lavender dots. The small, tubular, 5-pointed calyx is green. The flowers grow upon the stalk in short spike-like clusters. The Catnip has a pungent, mint-like odor. It is somewhat sprangling in growth, and only a few flowers open together; but the heart shaped leaf is most pleasing to the touch, because of its fine silky texture. [Illustration: CATNIP: N. Cataria.] *Bee Balm.* _Monarda didyma._ *Oswego Tea.* Found in July (but occasionally later in the season also), in the shade of moist woods, frequently near water. The stalk grows from 1 to 2 feet high, and is noticeably square; it is juicy, hairy and rough to the touch. In color, light green, with a red ring at the joints. The leaf is oval, broad at the base, and tapering to a long, sharp point, many ribbed, with its margin coarsely notched, and rough with hairs; green in color. The leaves, on short, hairy, red stems, grow in pairs, which are at alternate angles with each other.